Ogden Daily Standard | 1904-06-20 | Page 6 | Sunday Baseball Illegal

SUNDAY BASEBALL ILLEGAL new york june S justice gay the supreme as magistrate in brooklyn tonight handed down an opinion in which he holds that games of professional baseball such as have been played at washington park this season games to which the public Is invited and to which an admission fee is charged are illegal on sunday being prohibited by ho sunday law in this opinion the ministers who have been fighting professional sunday ball have ft on their point the decision was rendered on a motion to discharge edward poole and john kallon of the brooklyn baseball club who were arrested on the charge of violating the sunday law by taking part in a game with pittsburg at washington park two weeks ago tomorrow justice gaynor denies tho motion and the men will have to trial